Dictionary

PK en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid, or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.
   alt of or priest's kid
   alt of pastor's kid
   alt of preacher's kid
   • I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity. 1998, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith:
   • And after all, I was a PK (preacher's kid) and no one wanted to play with a PK in any case! It might be catching, like the measles! 2005, Warren L. Braun, Was It a Miracle?:
   • 1906, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Religious Education The traditional community image of the pk (preacher's kid) and the social control function of gossip in relation to the minister's wife underline the interlocking nature […]
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of psychokinesis.
   alt of psychokinesis
   • The question here is: were the extrachance scores due to the subject's precognition of the next target, or rather to his PK acting upon the electron flow and thus determining the target? 1977, Stanley Krippner, Psychokinesis, page 95:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of primary key.
   alt of primary key
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:roleplaying games, uncountable) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).
   alt of player kill(er/ing)
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of placekicker.
   alt of placekicker
6. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of penalty kick.
   alt of penalty kick
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).
   alt of penalty kill(ing)
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of protein kinase.
   alt of protein kinase
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pharmacokinetics.
   alt of pharmacokinetics
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of painkiller.
    alt of painkiller
    • But between the Toradol, Sudafed, Adderall, Vicodin, Percocet, and other PKs (painkillers), you didn't really need to buy street drugs. You could find the right state of mind right in the trainer's room. 2017, Sean Avery, Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, [Toronto]: Viking Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
    • I know a guy who had surgery done and he is now addicted to the PKs. I had a problem with a popular recreational substance about ten years ago and I'm realy not looking forward to counting that coup again. As it is now, I have a pile of PKs that the doc. gave me. I don't use them unless I can't even sit up. 1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native (Usenet):
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty.
    alt of penetrating keratoplasty

Forms

Coordinates

FK

Deriveds

PKer (player kill)

Hypernyms

person · offspring · child · kid

Relateds

PKs

Synonyms

child of the manse